TY - T1 - Metabolic milieu associates with impaired skeletal characteristics in obesity SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/203754 T3 - A1 - Viljakainen, Heli T.; Koistinen, Heikki A.; Tervahartiala, Taina; Sorsa, Timo; Andersson, Sture; Mäkitie, Outi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - High leptin concentration, low-grade inflammation, and insulin resistance often coexist in obese subjects; this adverse metabolic milieu may be the main culprit for increased fracture risk and impaired bone quality seen in patients with type 2 diabetes. We examined the associations of leptin, hs (high sensitivity)-CRP and insulin resistance with bone turnover markers (BTMs) and bone characteristics in 55 young obese adults (median BMI 40 kg/m(2)) and 65 non-obese controls. Mean age of the subjec... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; BONE-MINERAL DENSITY; TYPE-2 DIABETES-MELLITUS; INSULIN-RESISTANCE; ADIPOSE-TISSUE; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; FRACTURE RISK; INFLAMMATION; TURNOVER; LEPTIN; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine; 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics N1 - PP - ER -